Saxophone Ensemble
11.17.25 | Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Saxophone Ensemble
Timothy Roberts, director
Monday, November 17, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel – Recital Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Program
Country Dance
Philippe Geiss (b. 1961)
CEG TRIO
Coleman Wright, soprano saxophone
Greg Ranzen, alto saxophone
Erik Robinson, piano
String Quartet in F Major
II. Assez vit, tres rythme
Maurice Ravel, (1875–1937)
arr. Johan van der Linden & Christian Wirth
Finding the Words
I. Five Dollar Diction
II. Undefined
III. Foreign Tongues
Michael Markowski (b. 1986)
PAREA SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Coleman Wright, soprano saxophone
Patrick Rippeon, alto saxophone
Aidan Robbins, tenor saxophone
Cliff Hernandez, baritone/bass saxophone
Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33, for Cello and Orchestra
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
arr. Gary Bricault
Julian Schwarz, cello
Rossiniana
Michele Mangani (b. 1966)
Hoedown
Will Gregory (b. 1959)
arr. Cliff Hernandez
SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY SAXOPHONE COLLECTIVE
Timothy Roberts, musical director
Coleman Wright, sopranino/soprano saxophone
Nevaeh Raysor, soprano saxophone
Patrick Rippeon, soprano/alto saxophone
Adam Dockins, alto saxophone
Greg Ranzen, alto/tenor saxophone
Aidan Robbins, tenor saxophone
Cliff Hernandez, baritone/bass saxophone
Everett Woodward, baritone saxophone
Ethan Fox, fratoire
About the Saxophone Ensemble
The Shenandoah Conservatory Saxophone Ensemble comprises undergraduate and graduate saxophone majors from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. Its mission is to teach the importance of entertaining its audiences while still challenging the artistic and intellectual curiosity of its members in an academic environment.
The group has performed in concerts and masterclasses with many international guest artists that have visited the Shenandoah campus, including Claude Delangle, Philippe Geiss, Mario Marzi, Jean-Yves Formeau, Derek Brown, Lars Mlekusch, Raaf Hekkema, Mariano Garcia, Esneider Valencia Hernandez and Alfonso Padilla. The Shenandoah Conservatory Saxophone Collective was one of the few saxophone ensembles in the world that traveled with full scholarship to the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. The ensemble recently completed its second international tour to Sevilla, Spain, and Paris, France in the summer of 2023, while maintaining an active performance schedule throughout Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
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